I remember clearly the first page of the first lecture series by Rudolf Steiner that I ever read. I was...
To what extent can anthroposophy be identified with humane values? The ethical individualism on which anthroposophy is based does not...
We all know it, mostly from our social relationships: the deep ache of not being able to make ourselves understood. It feels powerless to have become speechless, at a loss for words, inaudible, having not yet found the sheltering blackness of the blackbird’s feathers in the twilight of a winter’s...
Fractured agreements, an uncertain social ethic, divided communities, and compromised trust permeate our social field and take social leadership to...
I recently stood with some friends in front of a painting by Lucas Cranach at Friedenstein Castle in Gotha, Germany....
On the Body, Trauma, and Anthroposophy. A Travelogue. I’m driving through the Harz Mountains in Germany. The first snow of winter to the left and right, thick fog in front. I look for the rear fog light in my Fiat Panda. The white air before me doesn’t worry me; I...
Trump designated his inauguration to be a “day of liberation.” It is worth clarifying what “freedom” actually is and means....
A church is a place of energy. The greatest power in the building is found where nothing is built, in...
A woman says yes and lets inthe unknowable, the generative,she lets herself burst out of theold form, the newshe does not know, she livesin waiting, nothing isknown, nothing is being, shewaits, like in springthe buds on barebranches tremble until they open—all are in hope. Then the new sprouts onearth, invitedinto...
The clay came from the earth. Its story is long. The story of the clay is the story of the...
Hope is deeply connected with Christmas. For the week of Christmas, the 38th verse in Rudolf Steiner’s Soul Calendar says,...
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